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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Paragon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Paragon and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Paragon:
- 31.957389, -93.927133
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Paragon
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a parish-by-parish basis. We have selected De Soto Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for De Soto Parish
- Since Paragon is near Shelby County and also Panola County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Panola County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Paragon
Communities Also Named Paragon ...
We found seven communities that are also named Paragon.
Within Louisiana, the name Paragon is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Choctaw County
- This Paragon is located in Choctaw County and lies 325 miles [523 km]<1> to the east of the Paragon that is located in De Soto Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Choctaw County community of Paragon.
- Indiana
- Morgan County
- This Paragon is located in Morgan County and lies 658 miles [1,058.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Paragon that is located in De Soto Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Paragon.
- Kentucky
- Morgan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Paragon [Morgan County].
- Rowan County
- This Paragon is located in Rowan County and lies 728 miles [1,171.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Paragon that is located in De Soto Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rowan County community of Paragon.
- Montana
- Custer County
- This Paragon is located in Custer County and lies 1,183 miles [1,903.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Paragon that is located in De Soto Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Custer County community of Paragon.
- Ohio
- Gallia County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Gallia County, we don't know where within the parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallia County community of Paragon.
- Wood County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Paragon [Wood County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Paragon ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Cook ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cook is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Fellowship
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fellowship is located in Shelby County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
- Grand Cane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hunter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hunter is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Longstreet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Screamerville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Screamerville is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamerville
- Spider ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Spider is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spider
- Stanley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Stanley is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Union Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union Springs is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Springs
- Wood Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wood Springs is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Springs
How Far From Paragon to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Paragon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Paragon once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Paragon and extending to:
- Mansfield, which is the Seat of De Soto Parish, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Paragon to Mansfield, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 193 miles [310.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,061 miles [1,707.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,917 miles [11,131.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,641 miles [12,297 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,516 miles [8,877.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Paragon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Paragon could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong parish. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Paragon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <6> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Paragon to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Paragon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9574, Longitude: -93.9271 In this case, the coordinates for Paragon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.958 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.056 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.505 degrees. |
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